Cascadia Forest Defenders and marchers with Occupy Eugene shut down Umpqua Bank yesterday from noon to close. Activists raised a banner reading “Stumpqua funds clearcuts,” and soft blockaded both customer entrances. Umpqua, which was the first stop in a series of N17 […]
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FBI “Closing in On” Alleged Animal Liberation Brigade Member
According to an FBI press conference, they are “closing in on” Daniel Andreas San Diego, an alleged member of the Animal Liberation Brigade. San Diego is on the FBI’s most wanted list for several bombings including two bombs at Chiron Corp, a […]
Continue readingRainforest Action Network: Eight Arrested During Protest at Bank of America Headquarters
Eight people arrested protesting Bank of America’s reckless financing practices, including the banks role as the lead financier of coal. Two people were arrested after unfurling a banner reading “Not with Our Money” from atop two 50-foot flagpoles at the entrance of […]
Continue readingThree Types of Rhinos Either Definitely or “Possibly” Extinct This Year
Cross posted from El Mundo The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provides a lot of bad news for biodiversity. The reason is that it says the West […]
Continue readingFree Earth First! Journal subscription to the first person who Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby
Today government informant Brandon Darby, along with other Tea Party assholes, wrestled an editor of the Earth First! Journal and other immigrant solidarity activists out of a Tea Party conference in Orlando featuring pro-border, anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Maricopa County, Arizona. […]
Continue readingKeystone XL Pipeline Busted Down for Review
By Bill McKibben, crossposted from tarsandsaction.org Um, we won. You won. Not completely. The president didn’t outright reject the pipeline permit. My particular fantasy–that he would invite the 1253 people arrested on his doorstep in August inside the gates for a victory […]
Continue readingEarth First Padova (Italia) Call Out for December 11
December 11, 2011: a day of struggle to defend our future translated by Lilac At the beginning of October 2010, significant efforts had taken place to combat the megaprojects of our country in Messina, Florence, and the Val di Susa had launched […]
Continue readingOil Executive Calls Anti-Fracking Movement an Insurgency, Applies Psy-Ops
By: Eamon Javers Last week’s oil industry conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston was supposed to be an industry confab just like any other — a series of panel discussions, light refreshments and an exchange of ideas. It was a […]
Continue readingFBI Informant speaks alongside anti-immigrant sheriff at Tea Party conference in Orlando this weekend
That’s right, government informant Brandon Darby and border-loving sheriff Joe Arpaio are scheduled to speak side by side at the Choose Liberty 2012 conference hosted by the Eastern Orlando Tea Party, a group based in central Florida. This event will take place […]
Continue readingProtests Continue Against Iron Mining
By Karlen Aslanian Cross-posted from here Opposition politicians and environmental activists joined on Wednesday about two hundred residents of the central Armenian town of Hrazdan in protesting against the opening of an iron mine which they believe would have grave ecological consequences. […]
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